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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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bring-brang-brung

0Hello,02br
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00I have a question concerning the use of the past participle 'brung'.02br
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00I was wondering what the origin and use of this form is. 02br
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00I could think of several possibilities:02br
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00- analogy (like children would make) with verbs like ring (-rang-rung).02br
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00- dialectic forms. I.e. used regional. If so I would like to know in which dialects this form is used. Or was used in the past..(?)02br
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00- an old form that isn't been used that much anymore b/c it has been replaced with brought. (Not very likely I suppose.)02br
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00(But, after all there is a general tendency in English to narrow down the range of verb forms, maybe this is a next stage?) 02br
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00I don't know whether the form 'brung' was used in older English literature. I do know that Mark Twain used it. (Apparently it is a form widely used in spoken language in the southern states. (?))02br
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00Also Morrissey (former leadsinger of 'The Smiths', from Manchester, England) uses 'brung' in the song 'I have Forgiven Jesus' (i.e. "Forgive me any pain I may have brung to you").02br
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00I also heard that 'brung' was used in an older form of the Dublin dialect but isn't around anymore.02br
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00So, I guess it is used on both sides of the 'pond'. I don't know about Australia.02br
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00Thank you in advance for any response.02br
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00-- Daphne, Belgium. 0-
  

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0 01i 05000 brought brought02i 00 05100 with 05200 and 05302br 02br 00I always thought of "brung" as an alternative form for "brang". org/wiki/Germanic_spirant_lawcGermanic spirant law

— Marvin A.

  • 0 01i 05000 brought brought02i 00 05100 with 05200 and 05302br 02br 00I always thought of "brung" as an alternative form for "brang".
  • org/wiki/Germanic_spirant_lawcGermanic spirant law
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0 01i05000 brought brought02i00 05100 with 05200 and 05302br
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00I always thought of "brung" as an alternative form for "brang". Many young children seem to use "brang" or "brung" before they are corrected--sort of like fish-fishes or ox-oxes.02br
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00I brang it to school with me.02br
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01cite10Marvin A.12cite11i15010 brought brought12i10 15110 with 15210 and 15312br
10Many young children seem to use "brang" or "brung" before they are corrected--sort of like fish-fishes or ox-oxes.12br
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10Sorry to chime in but
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11cite20Marvin A.22cite21i25020 brought brought22i20 25120 with 25220 and 25322br
20Many young children seem to use "brang" or "brung" before they are corrected--sort of like fish-fishes or ox-oxes.22br
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0 Hi Daphne02br
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00For information on 01i00bring02i00, click [url=05000]here.[/url] 02br
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0Thanks a lot for your responses. 0-
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I have heard "I have bung". In fact, in dialects that use brang and brung the distinction is "bring" present, "brang" simple past, and "brung" past participle.
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I have heard "I have bung"
Yes, this is cooperspeak.
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